Bicycle Mechanics - Do I need a Hyperglide Chain?

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Spire

07-02-03, 03:43 PM

My chain broke today, so I have to go buy another right now.

The "dork disk" on the rear has HyperGlide written on it. Does this mean I need a special hyperglide chain? Or can I just by any old SRAM MTB chain?

My bike has a 7 speed casette.

My bike is a 2000 (I think) Peugeot Fraser.

sch

07-02-03, 05:09 PM

Any 6-7 speed compatible chain is OK. Steve

John E

07-02-03, 05:38 PM

Actually, you do not want a Hyperglide chain. Get an SRAM PC-58, which is compatible with everything except a 9-speed freehub.

Spire

07-02-03, 05:57 PM

sweet, thanks guys.

uciflylow

07-02-03, 09:10 PM

So if I put this SRAM chain on my UG bike I can use a Hyper Glide cassette in the rear? Or can the HG cassette use a UG chain?

Richard D

07-03-03, 03:06 AM

I only buy PC-58's now and they work fine with Shimano cassettes as far as I can tell.

Richard

Spire

07-03-03, 05:13 AM

I asked the lady at the store what would work and she sold me a PC-48. I'm putting it on this morning.